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Former Fox Television Chair and CEO Gary Newman has joined the BBC Commercial Board along with UK TV vet Claire Hungate, while Damon Buffini has been upped to Deputy Chair of the BBC Board.
Newman and Hungate are two of a trio of appointments that also include Ian Griffiths, the former deputy CEO of market intelligence agency Kantar.
From April 2023 for a term of at least three years, they will sit on the BBC’s board that oversees commercial activities including producer-distributor BBC Studios and post-production outfit BBC Studioworks at a time of change for the pubcaster.
Newman is a huge appointment for the BBC and represents another foray into the commercial world by Director General Tim Davie, who has been steadily bringing in more execs from the private sector since he took over two years ago. Newman was Chairman & CEO of Fox Television Group, which included Fox Broadcasting Co. and Twentieth Century Fox Television, until its acquisition by The Walt Disney Company. He oversaw development and production of such shows as 24, Glee, Modern Family, Homeland, 911 and The Masked Singer.
Hungate is a UK TV vet who has been CEO of Warner Bros TV Production UK, COO of Shed Media and MD of Who Do You Think you Are? producer Wall to Wall Media. She is currently President of esports organization Team Liquid.
Steve Morrison and Dame Elan Closs Stephens are being replaced on the Commercial Board, with their terms set to expire in 2023.
Elsewhere, investment guru Buffini, who came in earlier this year to chair the Commercial Board, today becomes Deputy Chair of the BBC Board – second only to Chair Richard Sharp. He will operate in both capacities.
The move comes as Davie places more stress on BBC Studios to deliver greater
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